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1953 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-9-0, 5th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Steve Owen (3-9-0)

Points For: 179 (14.9/g) 12th of 12

Points Against: 277 (23.1/g) 9th of 12

Expected W-L: 3.1-8.9

SRS: -5.54 (9th of 12), SOS: 2.63

Stadium: Polo Grounds

Founder/Principal Owner: Tim Mara

General Manager: Ray Walsh

Training Camp: Gustavus-Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	179	2760	743	3.7	43	9	166	158	345	1711	16	34	5.0	87	398	1049	6	2.6	66	44	411	13
Opp. Stats	277	3741	753	5.0	37	14	189	173	368	2381	20	23	6.5	99	385	1360	12	3.5	81	68	625	9
Lg Rank Offense	12	11			6	1	11		6	9	5	11	8		8	12	12	12
Lg Rank Defense	9	8			9	9	3		9	12	10	9	8		5	3	6	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	21	13	192	88	104	3	16	334	186	148	3
2	Sat	October 3		boxscore	L		0-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	24	8	205	156	49	5	14	208	102	106	2
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		0-3	@	Washington Redskins	9	13	11	139	37	102	7	14	309	94	215	4
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		1-3		Chicago Cardinals	21	7	10	219	155	64	3	14	155	156	-1	4
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		1-4		Cleveland Browns	0	7	8	133	66	67	3	12	178	9	169	2
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		2-4	@	Chicago Cardinals	23	20	9	228	110	118	5	19	311	249	62	6
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	L		2-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	30	10	92	28	64	3	21	514	460	54	2
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	L		2-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	10	14	18	323	216	107	2	8	247	142	105	1
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	L		2-7		Washington Redskins	21	24	25	371	211	160	3	17	253	178	75	3
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		3-7		Philadelphia Eagles	37	28	20	307	230	77		18	383	209	174	7
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		3-8	@	Cleveland Browns	14	62	16	283	209	74	4	20	495	389	106	1
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	L		3-9		Detroit Lions	16	27	18	268	205	63	5	16	354	207	147	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Charlie Conerly	32	QB	12	11	3-8-0	143	303	47.2	1711	13	4.3	25	8.3	60	5.6	2.79	12.0	142.6	44.9	266	1	1
2	Arnie Galiffa	26	QB	3	1	0-1-0	4	13	30.8	129	1	7.7	5	38.5	75	9.9	-5.85	32.3	43.0	55.1	16	1	1
3	Bill Mackrides	28	QB	3	0		6	15	40.0	53	1	6.7	3	20.0		3.5	-4.13	8.8	17.7	32.8		0	0
4	Frank Gifford	23	FS/LH	12	9		3	6	50.0	47	1	16.7	0	0.0	21	7.8	11.17	15.7	3.9	116.0		0	0	PB
5	Kyle Rote	25	RH	9	7		2	8	25.0	45	0	0.0	1	12.5	23	5.6	0.00	22.5	5.0	10.9		0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	3-9-0	158	345	45.8	1711	16	4.6	34	9.9	75	5.8	2.25	12.6	142.6	40.1	282	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Kyle Rote	25	RH	9	7	63	213	1	18	3.4	23.7	7.0	26	440	16.9	5	75	2.9	48.9	89	7.3	653	6	0	PB
2	Frank Gifford	23	FS/LH	12	9	50	157	2	15	3.1	13.1	4.2	18	292	16.2	4	49	1.5	24.3	68	6.6	449	6	2	PB
3	Eddie Price	28	FB	12	9	101	206	2	15	2.0	17.2	8.4	26	233	9.0	1	31	2.2	19.4	127	3.5	439	3	4
4	Sonny Grandelius	24	LH	12	5	108	278	1	31	2.6	23.2	9.0	15	80	5.3	0	26	1.3	6.7	123	2.9	358	1	3
5	Buford Long	22	RDH	10	10	20	58	0	21	2.9	5.8	2.0	14	220	15.7	2	55	1.4	22.0	34	8.2	278	2	0
6	Cliff Anderson	24	LE	8	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	258	16.1	0	32	2.0	32.3	16	16.1	258	0	0
7	Ray Pelfrey	25	LE	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	233	13.7	3	60	1.4	19.4	17	13.7	233	3	1
8	Bill Stribling	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	175	10.9	0	19	1.3	14.6	16	10.9	175	0	0
9	Charlie Conerly	32	QB	12	11	24	91	0	24	3.8	7.6	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	3.8	91	0	5
10	Randy Clay	25	RH	12	7	16	26	0	6	1.6	2.2	1.3	5	51	10.2	1	33	0.4	4.3	21	3.7	77	1	0
11	Butch Avinger	25	FB	12	0	5	6	0	5	1.2	0.5	0.4	2	8	4.0	0	4	0.2	0.7	7	2.0	14	0	1
12	Joe Scott	27	HB	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.3	3.3	1	10.0	10	0	0
13	Bill Mackrides	28	QB	3	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
14	Arnie Galiffa	26	QB	3	1	5	1	0	7	0.2	0.3	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	0.2	1	0	1
15	Merwin Hodel	22	FB	2	2	5	11	0	6	2.2	5.5	2.5	2	-15	-7.5	0		1.0	-7.5	7	-0.6	-4	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	398	1049	6	31	2.6	87.4	33.2	158	1985	12.6	16	75	13.2	165.4	556	5.5	3034	22	18

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Rosey Brown	21	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	John Cannady	30	LLB	12	12	1	33	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Joe Sulaitis	32	RDE	12	12	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Emlen Tunnell	28	SS	12	12	6	117	0	44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Arnie Weinmeister	30	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Charlie Conerly	32	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Duncan	28	LDE	11	11	3	39	0	31	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Tom Landry	29	LDH	12	11	3	55	0	30	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Buford Long	22	RDH	10	10	3	59	0	26	0	2	0	0	0.0	1
10	Ray Wietecha	25	RLB	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Frank Gifford	23	FS/LH	12	9	1	66	1	50	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Eddie Price	28	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bill Albright	24	MG	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	1	0.0	0
14	Randy Clay	25	RH	12	7	2	22	0	22	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ray Pelfrey	25	LE	12	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Don Menasco	24	DB	8	6	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bob Peviani	22	MG	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Dick Woodard	27	RLB	12	6	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Sonny Grandelius	24	LH	12	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Merwin Hodel	22	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jack Stroud	25	G	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Arnie Galiffa	26	QB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Butch Avinger	25	FB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	23	412	1	50	19	24	16	1	0.0	1

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